kenf
06-17-2007, 07:01 AM
Do baseball broadcasters need to be thorough to inform listeners or should they not jinx their teams?
In my opinion, you have to let the listener know there is a no-hitter, especially on the radio. The broadcasters have to paint as complete a picture as they can for the listeners. TV guys have more leeway because of graphics (For instance, on-screen line scores) and do not have to say anything. But be professional.
If the players worry about it after the fact with a "Why did you say no-hitter during the game, dude?" they better check themselves and worry about their jobs. It's not the broadcasters' faults that the pitcher missed a spot or made the wrong pitch, or that the battery did not connect. I realize that is hard to do because the ball clubs are usually responsible for hiring the announcers, and they tend to be "slappys."
That was the case this week. Cubs fans, help me with regards to how Hughes-Santo and the Brenly-Len guy (Sorry, name escapes me) approached Zambrano getting deep into Saturday's game with a no-hitter. It seemed to me that the WGN TV guys were doing their best to avoid saying "no-hitter" as the game went further along.
On FSN Detroit's approach to Justin Verlander's no-hitter against Milwaukee, I found it a little silly how play-by-play man Mario Impemba and color guy Rod Allen avoided saying "no-hitter." Late in the game, Impemba said something along the lines that Justin Verlander is on the verge of something special. Why, dog gone it? Tell me why.
I heard that Tigers radio voice Dan Dickerson reached a proper medium. He said stuff like "Zero runs, zero hits" or "All zeroes on the board for Milwaukee."
Speaking of Milwaukee off subject, why don't people refer to the Brewers and the Bucks as "The Guys from the Good Land"? I'm going back to the Wayne's World movie where Alice Cooper explained the Wayne and Garth explained the origin and meaning of Milwaukee.
In my opinion, you have to let the listener know there is a no-hitter, especially on the radio. The broadcasters have to paint as complete a picture as they can for the listeners. TV guys have more leeway because of graphics (For instance, on-screen line scores) and do not have to say anything. But be professional.
If the players worry about it after the fact with a "Why did you say no-hitter during the game, dude?" they better check themselves and worry about their jobs. It's not the broadcasters' faults that the pitcher missed a spot or made the wrong pitch, or that the battery did not connect. I realize that is hard to do because the ball clubs are usually responsible for hiring the announcers, and they tend to be "slappys."
That was the case this week. Cubs fans, help me with regards to how Hughes-Santo and the Brenly-Len guy (Sorry, name escapes me) approached Zambrano getting deep into Saturday's game with a no-hitter. It seemed to me that the WGN TV guys were doing their best to avoid saying "no-hitter" as the game went further along.
On FSN Detroit's approach to Justin Verlander's no-hitter against Milwaukee, I found it a little silly how play-by-play man Mario Impemba and color guy Rod Allen avoided saying "no-hitter." Late in the game, Impemba said something along the lines that Justin Verlander is on the verge of something special. Why, dog gone it? Tell me why.
I heard that Tigers radio voice Dan Dickerson reached a proper medium. He said stuff like "Zero runs, zero hits" or "All zeroes on the board for Milwaukee."
Speaking of Milwaukee off subject, why don't people refer to the Brewers and the Bucks as "The Guys from the Good Land"? I'm going back to the Wayne's World movie where Alice Cooper explained the Wayne and Garth explained the origin and meaning of Milwaukee.